Railroad-chair



L. S'HBARER'. RAILROAD CHAIR.

No. 26.624. Patented D69. 27, 1,859,

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UNITED STATES PATENT: OFFICE.

LEANDER SHEARER, OF DUNGANNON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,624, dated December 27, 1859. i i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEANDER SHEARER, of Duncannon, Perry county, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Railroad-Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the followin is a full and exact description thereof,re%erence being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked therein.

The nature of my invention consists in certain improvements in railroad chairs, as will hereinafter be more fully described, and to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I shall proceed to describe its construction and operation, for which purpose reference is made to the drawings accompanying this specification, in which Figure 1, represents a top view. Fig. 2, a perspective view of securing block E. Fig. 8, a vertical section at line 00 w in Fig. 1. Fig. 4, a side view without securing block E. Fig. 5, a perspective view of rail.

Similar letters denote the same parts in the difierent views.

In Fig. 1, B is the body, G the lip, and I) b the ears of my improved rail road chair, all of which form one solid piece.

A A are two sections of rail with cavities e e in thelower part on both sides, which are made somewhat wider than the lugs that are designed to enter them, as willbe presently more fully explained.

Between the ears 6 Z) is contained the sliding securing block E (seen in perspective at Fig. 2) furnished with lugs d d, similar to {he Clpgs (Z d, which project underneath the f f are the keying spikes, wed e shaped, and furnished with heads to over ap the securing block E where they enter the holes.

9 g g g are the four holes for the spikes which secure the chair on the cross ties of the track. I

a To better comprehend invention I will describe the mode in which I securethe rails A A by means of my improvedchair. The 1 body B being fastened to. the ties by sp kes passing through the holes g g g g, therails A A are placed against the lip C, so that the cavities e e onthe side toward thelip 1G in y terlock with its lugs d 0LT This being done, the securing block E is; slid in :between the i ears 6 e until its lugs d d enter the cavities I of the rails A A (on the sidenextto them),

and then the whole is secured,-1nore or less firmly, by insertin the keying spikesf f be hind securing bloc 1 I The cavities e e on bothsides of the rails, though equal in height to the lugs (23 d of the lip C and the lugs d d ofthe blocklE,are

greater in Width, by which arrangement the rails A A are perfectly retained vertically and laterally, while they are allowed sutfi cient play horizontally to admit ofthe nec-. essary expansion and contraction. of. the metal. It will also be seen that by this sim ple construction of my railroad chair repairs can be easily madeyrails taken out without much trouble and at littleexpense.

What I claim as new and clesireto secure... I

by Letters Patent is In combination with the chair B, formed I l with a lip C and ears 6 b the sliding securing block E, and lugs d d and d d, and cavities e e in the ends of the rails, the whole constructed and arranged to operate snbQ I stantially as specified. for the purpose set;

forth. 1

In witness whereof I have hereuntoiset my hand and affixed my seal this 13th day of August 1859. 1 r p J Witnesses:

SAMP. S. Kim ALnx. D. WILSONJ.

LEANDER sHnAREn. 1 1 

